Li Zhi stuffed a cantaloupe into the giant bear's mouth. While listening to the sound of the giant bear eating the melon, he said to Wu Mei, "Yun Chu said he thought someone would raid the Ziwei Palace."
Wu Mei sighed and said, "What he thinks in his heart is exactly what I worry about."
Li Zhi sat up and said, "Do you also think there will be assassins entering this Ziwei Palace?"
Wu Mei did not explain, but invited Li Zhi to the back hall of Shangyang Palace.
A palace lady lowered her head and walked slowly to lead the way. Li Zhi looked at the palace lady's white hair and said, "How can there be such an old palace lady?"
Wu Mei looked at Li Zhi with a half-smile but said, "This person is an old friend of your Majesty's."
Li Zhi ordered the palace lady to stop, lifted the palace lady's chin with his hand, looked at it for a long time, and then said half-guessingly: "Princess Lelang Princess Jin Yanjun?"
At this time, Jin Yanzhen, who had gray hair and wrinkles on his face, first glanced at the queen in horror, and then timidly said: "It's my slave."
Li Zhi looked at this thirty-year-old face and couldn't help but ask: "How did she become like this?"
Wu Mei smiled and said: "Maybe it's because beauty ages easily."
Li Zhi was just a little surprised by Jin Yanzhen's change. She didn't care about the living conditions of a woman who had subjugated her country.
"Where are the potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins that Yun Chu wanted back then? Did she confess?"
Hearing what Li Zhi said, Jin Yanxuan's thin body trembled.
Wu Mei said: "She probably really doesn't know, otherwise, she would have said it long ago."
Li Zhi said doubtfully: "Didn't Yunchu say that after finding the pepper, he should find those things?"
Wu Mei sneered and said: "God knows how Yun Chu knew, but Jin Yanxi really didn't know.
I have been searching for so many years, but I have not found the potatoes, corns, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins that Yunchu mentioned, but I have found some other things."
Li Zhi said puzzledly: "The Silla King has disappeared in the sea and there is no news. What can you find out?"
Wu Mei said: "Fucking in the sea? Does your Majesty really believe it?"
Li Zhi frowned and said: "There is no news about the survivors of Silla Kingdom in Liaodong."
Wu Mei said: "Your Majesty is unaware of something. I have been investigating for many years, and just the day before yesterday, I discovered something very strange."
Li Zhi said: "What's something strange?"
Wu Mei said: "Luoyang Human Sales Market bought a total of more than 64,000 Silla maids in three years!"
Li Zhi said indifferently: "The Silla maids are easy to use, so selling more is nothing. In short, they will give birth to many descendants of the Tang Dynasty."
Wu Mei said: "Your Majesty, why don't you ask where the men from Silla are?"
Li Zhi laughed and said: "They are just slaves and maids, what else can they do? As long as they live in our Tang Dynasty, even if they have resentment, as long as they are in the Tang Dynasty, they can only live in my Datang house and wear my clothes."
, if you speak the language of the Tang Dynasty, will you still not be an obedient citizen of the Tang Dynasty after a few generations?
Even if Jin Famin lets all the Silla survivors sneak into the Tang Dynasty, it doesn't matter."
After listening to Li Zhi's words, Wu Mei couldn't help but look at Li Zhi carefully. She also felt that something was wrong with today's emperor. The way he spoke and acted was very much like Emperor Taizong, not Li Zhi himself.
Thinking of this, Wu Mei raised her hand and touched Li Zhi's face. When she was about to pinch her nose, Li Zhi knocked her hand off and asked unexpectedly: "What's wrong with you again?"
Wu Mei smiled and said: "I just feel that Your Majesty today is not like the person I slept with last night."
Li Zhi sighed for some reason and said, "Let's go and see what's wrong with what you said."
Jin Yanzhen took the order and moved forward, followed by the emperor, Wu Mei and the boss and a group of people.
Shangyang Palace is located to the west of Ziwei Imperial City, adjacent to Luoshui River. It has the most waterscapes and bridges. Some are like a rainbow lying on the waves, some are steep and elegant, and what's even more rare is that there are many cork pines in the shallow water.
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After passing through the water pine forest and seeing off the flocks of geese swimming in the water, the exquisiteness in front of us turned into something sinister.
"White Tiger Land, a dangerous place, what did you bring me here for?"
Li Zhi took one look at the surrounding terrain and knew that this was either a place for a prison or a place for the transformation of the harem.
Wu Mei laughed and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look at how much harm is hidden in your Ziwei Palace."
Li Zhi's expression changed when he heard this, and he said to the eunuch Wu who was following him: "Don't look at it, I'll kill him in one piece."
After giving the order, he stopped moving forward and turned around to leave. He didn't want to step into a dangerous place like Baihu Land.
Wu Mei said with some disappointment: "Your Majesty, don't you want to read it?"
Li Zhi, who had already walked away, waved his hand and said: "Take care of yourself..."
Li Hong was miserable in the East Palace in Luoyang.
Not to mention the lack of walls, looking around, you can see the open land with water, which is very suitable for horse racing and battlefield. However, Li Zhi and Wu Mei explained to Li Hong that it is very suitable for cultivating new crops.
Because Wei Xuanji, the previous Sinong Qing, fenced off the pond here before building the East Palace, there were many big fish in the East Palace pond.
Yunchu removed his armor and stomach, sat under a willow tree, held up a fishing rod, and was fishing leisurely.
Li Hong also learned to fish, but unfortunately his butt seemed to have spikes and could not stabilize for a moment.
On the other hand, the old man Xu Jingzong, who was sitting on the other side of him, was holding up the fishing rod. Even though he was almost eighty years old, his hand was still very steady.
He had just been dismissed from the position of prime minister by the emperor, and now he only had the status of a prince and tutor, and could only work as an errand for Li Hong.
"Two masters, do you really think there will be assassins raiding Ziwei Palace?" Li Hong finally couldn't sit still, dropped his fishing rod and asked the two masters for advice.
Yun Chu said: "Don't you find that people's behavior is very orderly?
Since it is organized, it will not end in an anticlimactic manner."
Li Hong looked at Xu Jingzong again and said, "What do you think, Mr. Xu?"
Xu Jingzong opened his cloudy eyes, looked at the Crown Prince Li Hong and said: "I am not worried about the safety of Your Majesty and the Queen, but the Prince's place is very smooth and smooth, which is very suitable for launching a surprise attack."
Li Hongfa said anxiously: "In that case, why are we still fishing here?"
Xu Jingzong glanced at Yunchu and sneered: "Who told His Highness that we were fishing? The three of us are now bait, waiting for the fish to eat."
Li Hong took a breath and said: "Who dares to do this? Those wealthy families? They are looking for death."
Xu Jingzong said indifferently: "I originally suspected that it was your martial arts master Fu Yunchu, but now it seems that it doesn't look like him, so it must be another group of people. However, the wealthy family that His Highness mentioned do not have the courage to rebel.
Creating trouble secretly in Luozhou is their greatest ability, but as for rebellion, they don't dare."
Li Hong then pulled Yun Chu's sleeve and said, "Master, please make it clear who will attack us so that I can be prepared."
Yunchu looked at Li Hong and said: "While Di Renjie was investigating the trampling of people and the assassinations of us, he suddenly felt that there were a lot of Koreans, Baekjes, and Silla people in Luoyang City.
Di Renjie also felt that those assassins who died in the battle were from the east."
Before Li Hong could react, Xu Jingzong, who was sleeping with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Yun Chu and said with radiant light: "Silla people?"
Yun Chu looked at Xu Jingzong coldly and said, "I heard that Mr. Xu has two hundred Silla maids in his family."
Xu Jingzong waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Don't slander me. The Silla maids in my family are just playthings, and I have nothing to do with the wealthy family."
Yunchu chuckled and said: "I want to know now why there are Silla people, Korean people, and Baekje people among the Luozhou soldiers.
Mr. Xu, you have nothing to do with this matter."
The fishing rod in Xu Jingzong's hand began to tremble slightly, causing the fishing line to tremble as well, creating circles of ripples on the calm water.
Yun Chu was right. As the various benefits of the soldiers gradually disappeared, and the emperor began to exempt local taxes without restraint, except for those in Guanzhong, there were not many people in other places who were willing to be soldiers.
The problem of insufficient government troops gradually emerged, so Xu Jingzong and the first cadre of the court began to pay attention to the people of Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla.
Yunchu snorted coldly and continued fishing with the fishing rod.
Xu Jingzong opened his mouth several times and then said slowly: "There are no Goguryeo people, Baekje people, or Silla people in this world. There are only people from the Tang Dynasty, Yunchu. This is the national policy of the Tang Dynasty.
It makes no sense for you to criticize me for this matter.
As early as the Taizong period, there were more than 20% of the foreigners in our army of the Tang Dynasty, including Ashina Sheer, Ashina Simo, Zhi lose Si Li, Ashina Chengqing, Ashina Mishe, and Huse.
Luo, what's the power of Qi? Which of these people in Hunshiding is not in a high position?
Li Jing also said: There is no distinction between human beings in heaven, and they are different from Han. However, the land is far away in the desert, and they must make a living by hunting, so they are often accustomed to fighting. If I care for them with kindness and trust, and feed and clothe them, they will all be Han people.
When I was in power, I advised Your Majesty that there is nothing wrong with accepting that the people from all over Liaodong should choose their richest men to serve as soldiers in the government."
With a flick of Yunchu's wrist, he threw a big fish out of the water. This fish was so big that it didn't stop even after it landed on the beach, and kept tumbling.
Yunchu caught the fish with one hand and flicked the fish's head with his other hand. The fish immediately stopped moving.
Handing the fish to Li Hong's attendant, he said, "Let's braise it. We'll drink it later."
He grabbed the teapot and took a sip of water, and then said to Xu Jingzong: "This is why I have been begging your Majesty to return to Chang'an.
When Zuo Qiuming wrote "Zuo Zhuan", he said that those who are not of my race must have different hearts. This sentence is not appropriate in the Tang Dynasty. However, when you accept these people into the ranks of the soldiers,
Didn’t you choose carefully?
Look at the people I just gave examples. Among these people, there are far more traitors than loyal ministers. Don’t you consider the reasons when formulating policies?"
Li Hong kept circling around anxiously. From the words of the two masters, he could tell that the riot in Luoyang was far from calming down this time.
The problem was not with Luozhou soldiers, but with the Tang Dynasty. It was a fundamental mistake, not a matter of one person or one place.
"So, my father and mother are heavily guarded here, and they don't dare to try, so they think that the prince, Prince Gu, is easy to bully?
Master, can I personally go into battle to kill the enemy this time?"
Xu Jingzong took Li Hong's hand and said: "I and the prince are guarding the high building. Let's watch Marquis Yun kill the general and seize the flag!"